The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-04-08
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

ZION powders.
R-gularity as 10 time Of milking
should be observed. snd the milk drawn
quickly. Irregulari,y and slowness 6rv
up COW.
When a board gets loose on any farm
building, fssten it at once. A nail il
time saves nine, and perhaps as many
Feet Of lumber.
Remove bunches Of smut from the
corn fodder whenever you see it. L is
injurious to stock, either eaten or drawn
into the uossriIs.
Crude petroleum when applied TO
fences and portions of buildings that
rest upon the ground, will be found an
excellent presgrvative.
Roots are excellent for sheep in win
ter, and are especially important with
heavy grain feeding to keep the digest
i've oIgans ia full vigor.
Il is claimed the best results are OBJ
tanned from superphOsphates when used
in connection with barnyaId manures,
but this depends upon the food from the
mauur, is produced.
Much is SAID of the advantages Of the
use of cotton seed in the feeding of COWS.
The addition of one quart per day of
cotton seed meal to their regular feed
Will be found beneficial.
The Iarvoe of the boTer lives several
years in trees. Hence, be sure TO probe
for the borer and remove him if it be
possible. Borers have done more damage
to the peach tree than all the diseases
known.
soar milk mixed with two quarts of
Ground oats and one of wheat middlings
is an excellent egg-pr3ducing food cor
hens, and Will greatly promote laying
as we'll ds assisting To- keep the hen in
health.
An excellent method Of utilizing the
Layseed and dust IS 60 place it where the
hens can scratch it over. They will find
quite an amount Of valuable material
which would be useless for any oth-r
purpose.
That wet farm Land can be improved
by understanding is true. 1t IS also
true chat moist land will produce more
grass than dry land hence, due caution
should be exercised in the matter of
drainage.
A business farmer should make as
we'll as supply markets. Markets for
farm products may De made In every
village and town, at which the earlier
vegetables VIII be found to bring the
highest prices.
To carry 0ut the s0ii.ng system in its
entirety, it is necessary TO nave a regular
succession Of green crops, commencing
with spring and lasting until winter sets
in. Rye is found to answer very well
for the frs crop.
Apples are not injured by freezing
unless they suddenly thaw. If they be
come frozen, allow them to remain in
that condition if possible. II is the
sudden change OF temperature that does
the damage. and not the cold.
a durable foundation for farm build
ings may be constructed of pieces of
sawed timber, two inches thick, two
feet long, and six inches wide. laid up
like open brick-work A little paint
will add Co its appearance as well as TO
its durability.
Land that has been expensively fer
tiliZ-d with commercial fertiIiZ- rs will
be found inferior to that which has had
a liberal turning under with vegetable
matter. The land requires decayed
vegetation, without which it will become
exhausted.
One bushel of finely sifted dirt and a
pound OF chloride os lime will make a
CHEAP and convenient disinfectant. The
addition Of fine tobacco dust will destroy
lice. This preparation may be scattered
about rhe floors and other portions OF
the poultry house,
To raise good broom corn, the ground
should be plowed ten inches deep, and
soil should be puIverizsd with the haT
row and roller. Plant in drills eighteen
inches apart and three feet and eight
inches between the rows. leaving three
to five stalks in a hill. Cultivgting
should be the same as in field com.
To make a paint for out buildings. use
five pints crude petroleum, one pint re-
fined petroleum, one quart raw liuseet
oil, six pounds Venetian red. or the same
quantity of any other color. Use Veue
tian red for body. and metallic for the
trimming. Metallic comes only in ont
color, a rich maroon. This is a cheaI
aud durable paint
The more stirring butter receives
while ripenIuE, the better it will be-
The process Of ripening by which higI
flavor and long keeping are promoted
goes on better when cream is warm thar
when it is cold, and better when il i
swee. than when it is sour. Hence it Il
desirable to keep it sweet as long as ",
can, and while iJ remains sweet an,
warm tc give it all the airing we can
When cream begins to sour it begins {,
deteriorate, and hence when souring i
apparent, the sooner it is churned tn
better.
Contraction of the hoOfs Of horses /
not disease of itself but a result of uu
healthy changes which have been occa
stoned by various causes, the principa
Of which IS opening Of the heels in tn
adjusting of the shoe BY cutting int
the buttress at the heel. the natural de
Tense against contraction is weakened